Australian vernacular photography

8 Feb – 18 May 2014

Location: Photography gallery

Free admission

In the Australian Photography Annual of 1947, photographer and director of the Art Gallery of NSW Hal Missingham wrote: ‘In a country supposedly occupied by people indulging in a vigorous outdoor life, where are the [photographic] records of beach and sport… where are the photographs of the four millions of people who live and work in our cities? What are they like – what do they do – what do they wear, and think?’

This exhibition looks at 16 photographers from the 1960s to the 2000s to consider their various approaches to the depiction of modern Australian life.